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Whitley Bay and St. Mary's Island, about three miles north of the 

 mouth of the Tyne. Though dead it was quite fresh, and the only 

 damage it had suffered was the loss of one eye. Mr. Charlton has 

 presented it to the Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne, where it is 

 now preserved. It is unnecessary to give many particulars of this 

 specimen, as a good description of the species has been published 

 already (Goodrich, Journ. Marine Biol. Assoc. 1892, vol. 2, n. s. p. 314). 

 There appear to be only about half a dozen records of its occur- 

 rence on the coasts of Britain, and apparently in only two instances 

 has the animal been preserved. The last record that I know of 

 is that of an example thrown up at Eedcar in December, 1907, 

 described and figured in the ' Naturalist ' for April, 1908 (Hoyle, 

 " A Large Squid at Eedcar "). Our example is of about the average 

 size. Its total length is 5 ft. 6^ in. ; from mouth to hinder extremity 

 of body, 2 ft. 9J in. ; length of tentacles, 3 ft.— B. Leonard Gill 

 (Hancock Museum, Newcastle-on-Tyne). 



B I T U A E Y. 



EoLAND Maueice Dixon, B.A. 



The story of a simple, straightforward life (born Nov. 22nd, 1858 ; 

 died Nov. 26th, 1910) is soon told. Mr. Dixon received his early 

 education in Bombay, and graduated as B.A. from the University 

 there in the year 1880, taking Botany and Zoology as his optional 

 subjects. In the year 1884 he joined the Government Service in the 

 Educational Department as an Assistant at the Victoria and Albert 

 Museum, Bombay. The next year his services were placed at the 

 disposal of the Government of India, and he was attached to the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta, to assist Dr. Watt in preparing a collection 

 of raw products in connection with the London and Bombay Ex- 

 hibitions. On his return to Bombay he was appointed Assistant 

 Curator of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The following year the 

 Museum was transferred to the Bombay Municipality, and in 1894 

 he was appointed to act as Curator of the Museum, and at the same 

 time acted as Professor of Biology at the Elphinstone College, Bom- 

 bay. In 1902 he was appointed sub pro temp. Curator of the Museum. 

 In 1905 his services were replaced at the disposal of Government in 

 the Eevenue Department, and Mr. Dixon was transferred to Poena 

 as Assistant Entomologist to Government. With the inauguration 

 of the New Agricultural College scheme he was gazetted Professor 

 of Entomology, and gave lectures in Zoology in addition to his own 

 duties. He was the first Examiner in Entomology for the B. Agr. 

 Degree to the University of Bombay. These appointments he held 

 till his death at Khandala. 



